Late Metrics

[loaded_march]

But first, a conversation:

Coworker #1 (on seeing me check my phone for text messages): I don't think I have your number.

Me: I have yours, though.  I'll send you a text, grab my number off of that.

Coworker #1: Awesome, thanks.  Is that a new phone?

Me: No, but I'm stuck with it for a while.  I am not a fan of the interface, but it was the cheapest no-frills text-enabled phone they had.  Is yours a Blackberry?

Coworker #1: No, it's an Android -- no, that was my last phone.  This is a Google phone thing.

Me: A Google phone thing.  Is that the technical term? (looks it over) Hey, it's pretty light compared to my phone.

Coworker #1: (tests my phone) Yours feels about the same.
Coworker #1: (to Coworker #2): Hey, which one of these feels lighter to you?

Me: Wait, we don't know if he's calibrated.  We have to use a calibrated weighing device to be an adequate judge of heft.  Are you calibrated?

Coworker #2 (scoffing): My wife says I'm definitely not.

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In other news, I forgot to mention page count yesterday, but I was unfortunately distracted.  In any case, now that I have shit under control at work (but there's other stuff that came at me out of the blue) and I can report progress.

I stress that no one should get excited about the page count.  There's at least three sections that I have to fix and one major global thing to sort out, and that's gonna take time to sort out/rewrite/fix/patch up/sweep under the carpet and hope no one notices.

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Comments

[hangebokhan.livejournal.com]

OMG it is so damn funny. Try youtube, an ep might be there. It is 100% what I picture Excalibur being like in their spare time... if they were 1000x more crass.

While I would love to do the video route... my pred was infamous for letting youtube teach the class so I need to avoid video content like the plague. I am thinking about doing a very basic, "Let's grow plants!" experiment. Then use the recordings from that 'experiment' to augment what we are learning in class.

I was thinking, coffee, tea, and rice wash water (you wash rice over here before cooking) plus control. Then depending on what we are learning, taking different observations, samples, and the like. That is the most innocuous experiment I can think of. Plus... I have been meaning to see if there is any truth to the rice water thing... *looks over at the balcony garden*

Once I am past Y1, I will start trying to convince them to let me do real demos. For now, not rocking the boat is more important than the kids seeing science. Yes, I know that is a terrible thing to say.

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

I will look! Thank you!

Aw, sucks about the last person using Youtube too much. The basic "let's grow plants" experiment works. I did a lot of those as a kid (at home, though; school wasn't that entertaining).

[hangebokhan.livejournal.com]

Yea, boring experiment, I know. I am hoping to use it to teach the scientific method, reproducibility, testing method, sample sizes, measuring, and all that Jazz.

I have a few other things I can do that require no chemicals or real materials but those are for very specific lessons which are more about demonstrating a concept and less about the science.